Never Lie

by Freida McFadden

Liars fidget. The tone of their voice or speech patterns changes. Liars offer too much information, babbling on with excessive detail to convince themselves or others of what they are saying.

It’s so amazing sharing my life with him. Except for the one big secret he doesn’t know about yet.

My mother always said not to leave the house in shoes you can’t walk a mile in.

“Adrienne Hale,” he reads off the back cover. “Isn’t she that shrink who got murdered?”

“It’s easy to be the best husband ever when I have the best wife ever.”

“I’ll be back before you can say ‘dream house.’” I am not saying “dream house.”